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JP3987133B2
JP3987133B2 JP34857595A JP34857595A JP3987133B2 JP 3987133 B2 JP3987133 B2 JP 3987133B2 JP 34857595 A JP34857595 A JP 34857595A JP 34857595 A JP34857595 A JP 34857595A JP 3987133 B2 JP3987133 B2 JP 3987133B2
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【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は情報検索に関する。詳細にいえば、本発明は第１のマークアップ言語で書かれたプロファイルとトピックによって編成された複数の情報の受信と、第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた情報の部分への複数の情報の構文解析とを含んでいる情報検索のためのクライアント／サーバ・モデルに関する。上記情報の部分にはハイパーテキストの閲覧およびアクセスを可能とするための情報の各部分を参照するアンカを含んでいる。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔなどのコンピュータ化された情報資源、Ｃｏｍｐｕｓｅｒｖｅ、Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ Ｏｎｌｉｎｅ、Ｐｒｏｄｉｇｙなどの各種のオンライン・サービス、およびその他のサービスの発展によって、電子的に利用できる情報が急激に増加してきた。事実、この電子的情報は新聞、雑誌、さらにはテレビジョンなどの従来からの情報伝送手段に置き換わることが増加してきている。これらの資源すべてにおける主な問題は、利用可能な大量の情報を選別して、ユーザが感心のある情報を得られるようにすることである。
【０００３】
現在、上記のサービスの１つに加入していたり、Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔを使用しているユーザは、状況によっては、手作業で各種の情報資源を走査して、記事や掲示あるいは関心のある情報を得ている。通常、ユーザは手作業で関心のある分野やソース（パブリケーション、ＵＳＥＮＥＴ Ｎｅｗｓｇｒｏｕｐ、フォーラム、またはトピックごとに分類されたその他の分野）を走査して、ユーザに関心のあるトピックの分野を探し出していた。ユーザは次いで、たとえば、自分が読みたいものに合致する主題の見出しのついている記事またはファイルを検索する。たとえば、Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔの掲示にあるＵＳＥＮＥＴ Ｎｅｗｓｇｒｏｕｐは手動操作を可能とする関連する主題の見出しを有していることがしばしばある。新聞／雑誌サービスの記事の見出しは同様な機能を果たす。それ故、ユーザが売り物の製品についてのストーリーの閲覧を望まない場合、主題の見出しに「売り物」という用語がついている掲示を無視するだけである。最後に、選別の最後のレベルとして、ユーザはトピックおよび主題の見出し別に選別したストーリーを読み、ストーリーの閲覧中にユーザが記事の他の部分を無視したいものが出てきた場合には、読むのをやめ、ストーリーを放棄することができる。希望する場合には、ユーザは任意の数の従来技術の方法で残りのストーリーをダウンロードし、後で閲覧することができる。
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
明らかに、ユーザが関与しなければならないこの手動走査プロセスはきわめて時間のかかるものである。ある程度までニュースは読者向けに選別済みである。何らかの雑誌／新聞を購読したり、何らかのテレビジョン・ネットワークを視聴している人は、これらの人々向けに選別された電子的に利用可能な膨大な情報ベース（たとえば、優先サービス）をすでに有している。しかしながら、この「選別」は広範囲にわたる読者や視聴者のために大規模に行われている。特定のユーザが関心を持っている特定のストーリーの調整は行われていない。それ故、きわめて大量の電子的ソースを自動的にソートして、ユーザの特定の関心に合わせて調整された電子的な形態で利用できるストーリーのサブセットを生成する必要が生じている。
【０００５】
その他のサービスが最近利用可能となっている。ユーザ固有のパラメータに基づいて、ファクシミリその他の手段によって情報の検索を可能とするものがある。いくつかの商業サービスは事前定義したプロファイルに基づいて関心のある記事を検索するためのファクシミリ・サービスを提供している。これらのプロファイルは会社ごとに、あるいは主題の分野ごとにグループ分けされたものを含んでいる。関心の対象となる記事は標準的な従来技術の技法（たとえば、ブール探索項）を使用して検索される。これらのサービスはしかしながら、広範囲にわたって情報をディジタル形式（たとえば、ユーザ・インタフェース表示）で提供するものではなく、またこれらのソースから検索された情報の閲覧を可能とするものでもない。
【０００６】
それ故、各種のソースから情報を取得する従来の技術にはいくつかの欠点がある。
【０００７】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は情報を検索するためのコンピュータで実現される方法およびシステムである。
情報の内容を識別するための第１のマークアップ言語で書かれた情報の第１のファイルを受け取る。
情報の第１のファイルの受け取りに応じて、情報の第１のファイルを構文解析して、プロファイルのリストとプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックを生成する。
第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた第２のファイルを生成する。この第２のファイルはプロファイルのリストとこのプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた少なくとも１つの第３のファイルとを含む。第２のファイルはそれぞれ少なくとも１つの対応する第３のファイルを参照するアンカを含む。情報の第１のファイルの第１のマークアップ・インスタンスは第２のファイルまたは第３のファイルのいずれかにおける第２のマークアップ・インスタンスに変換される。
情報の第１のファイルを構文解析して、プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事とこの記事の少なくとも１つについての対応する摘要とを決定する。
プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事について第４のファイルと第５のファイルを生成する。第４のファイルは情報の第１のファイルの少なくとも１つの記事の摘要と第５のファイルに対するアンカとを含み、第５のファイルはプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事に対するテキストを含む。
実現された実施態様においては、複数の第５のファイルを参照する複数のアンカを含む第６のファイルも生成でき、第６のファイルのアンカは各プロファイルおよび対応するトピックごとに配列される。情報の第１のファイルを電子メール（ｅメール）メッセージで受けることができる。情報の第１のファイルの処理とアンカを含む追加的のファイルの作成とによって、処理された情報のハイパーテキストでの表示と縦覧が可能となる。
【０００８】
他の実施態様において、情報を検索するためのコンピュータで実現された方法および装置は、プロファイルのリストとそのプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを含む、第２のマークアップ言語によって生成された表示をハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルを使用してユーザに対して表示することを含む。ユーザはハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルによって、第２の複数の前記プロファイルのリストについての対応する第１の複数の少なくとも１つのトピックをユーザが選択できる。ユーザはハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルによって、少なくとも１つの探索項を入力することができる。探索は探索項を使用して情報の第１のデータベースで行うことができる。情報の第１のデータベースは前記プロファイルのリストと前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとによって編成される。探索は第２の複数のプロファイルのリストについての対応する第１の複数の少なくとも１つのトピックの各々に対応している情報の第１のデータベース内の位置で行われる。探索の結果を示すマークアップ言語ファイルを生成することができる。この探索は構文解析された情報のＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ（逆索引）を含んでいてもよい。
【０００９】
本発明を同様な参照符号が同様な要素を示している添付図面の限定するものではない例によって説明する。
【００１０】
【発明の実施の形態】
本明細書の開示の一部には著作権保護の対象となり、著作権保護の主張が行われる資料が含まれている。所有者は米国特許商標局の特許ファイルまたは記録に示されている特許の開示の何人によるそのままの複製に対して異議を唱えないが、それ以外の場合についてはすべての著作権およびその他の権利を保留する。
【００１１】
本発明はプロファイルおよびトピックを使用して情報からハイパーテキスト文書を自動的に作成し、その情報をユーザに提供する方法および装置である。以下の説明はデータ構造、ステップの流れ、ハードウェア構成などを含め、特定の実施形態を参照して行われるが、当分野の技術者には、本発明の実施形態をこれらの特定の詳細によることなく実現できることが明らかであろう。
【００１２】
本発明の実施形態は図１に示したクライアント／サーバ・アーキテクチャを使用する。同図において、ニュースに対するユーザ要求１１０がクライアント・アプリケーション・プログラム１００によってサーバ１５０（通常、Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔその他の通信媒体によってアクセス可能な遠隔コンピュータ・システム）へ送られる。以下で詳細に説明するサーバ１５０はこれらのユーザ要求に基づいて生の（未処理の）情報源（たとえば、ニュースワイヤ・フィードまたはニュースグループ）の走査および探索を行い、サーバ応答１６０として選別した電子情報をクライアント・プロセスに提示する。クライアント・プロセスは第１のコンピュータ・システムで活動することができ、サーバ・プロセスは第２のコンピュータ・システムで活動することができ、通信媒体によって互いに通信して、したがって、分散機能をもたらし、複数のクライアントがサーバの情報収集機能を利用できるようになる。
【００１３】
クライアントおよびサーバの詳細を図２に示す。クライアントおよびサーバは２つのコンピュータ・システムで作動するプロセスであって、高水準プログラミング言語（たとえば、ＰＥＲＬ）によって生成された、実行時にコンピュータ・システム（たとえば、ワークステーション）で解釈され、実行されるプロセスであるが、当分野の技術者には、これらをプログラムによるものであっても、専用のものであってもよい各種のハードウェア装置によって実現できることが理解できよう。
【００１４】
クライアント１００およびサーバ１５０はハイパーテキスト変換プロトコル（ＨＴＴＰ）によって提供される機能を使用して通信を行う。ワールド・ワイド・ウェブ（ＷＷＷ）、縮めて「ウェブ」はこの規格に合致しており、ユニフォーム・リソース・ロケータ（ＵＲＬ）によってクライアントにアクセス可能なすべてのサーバを含んでいる。たとえば、通信を通信媒体２５０でもたらすことができる。実施形態によっては、クライアントおよびサーバを大容量通信用のシリアル・ライン・インターネット・プロトコル（ＳＬＩＰ）すなわちＴＣＰ／ＩＰ接続によって結合してもかまわない。クライアント内では「ブラウザ」２００といわれる第１のプロセスが活動しており、これはサーバ１５０との接続を確立し、情報をユーザに表示する。任意の数の市販のブラウザあるいは公共的に利用可能なブラウザを各種の実施形態で使用できるが、本実施形態においては、ブラウザ２００はイリノイ州Ｕｒｂａｎａ−ＣｈａｍｐａｉｇｎのＮａｔｉｏｎａｌＣｅｎｔｅｒ ｆｏｒ Ｓｕｐｅｒｃｏｍｐｕｔｉｎｇ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ（ＮＣＳＡ）から入手できるＭｏｓａｉｃブランドのブラウザである。入手可能であり、ＨＴＴＰおよびＭｏｓａｉｃブラウザで規定された機能を備えているＮｅｔｓｃａｐｅ、ＮｅｔｃｒｕｉｓｅｒあるいはＬｙｎｘブランドのブラウザなどの他のブラウザを使用してもよい。
【００１５】
サーバ１５０はＨＴＴＰ応答の形でクライアントに情報を与える対応したサーバ・ソフトウェアを実行する。ＨＴＴＰ応答はハイパーテキスト・マークアップ言語（ＨＴＭＬ）を使用して表されたウェブの「ページ」または、以下で説明するようにサーバによって生成されるその他のデータに対応している。
【００１６】
Ｍｏｓａｉｃブランドのブラウザの下では、サーバによってもたらされるＨＴＭＬ機能２１０（ハイパーテキストの閲覧および項目の選択に基づくある種のテキストおよびその他のデータの表示および検索）に加えて、クライアント・プログラムがサーバに指示して、サーバ内に収められている特定のプログラムの実行を開始させることを可能とする共通ゲートウェイ・インタフェース（ＣＧＩ）２２０が用意されている。これはサーバに受信した情報を操作して、クライアントを制御しているユーザに表示する探索エンジンを含んでいる。このインタフェースおよびＨＴＴＰを使用すると、サーバは完了時にその実行の結果をクライアントに通知することもできる。
【００１７】
このサーバ常駐プロセスの実行のパラメータを制御するために、クライアントはそのブラウザからいくつかの「フォーム」の記入を指示することができる。これはＭｏｓａｉｃで利用可能な「フォーム記入」機能２３０によっても提供でき、この機能はユーザがそのクライアント・アプリケーション・プログラム１００を介して、サーバがアプリケーション・プログラムに機能させる探索項（たとえば、ユーザが関心を持っているストーリー／記事のタイプに含まれている項）を指定することを可能とする。この探索機構の詳細については以下で検討する。
【００１８】
クライアント１００およびサーバ１５０が動作できるワークステーション、パーソナル・コンピュータおよびその他の処理装置などのコンピュータ・システムを図３に示す。本発明の実施形態の１つを実施できるワークステーションはシステム３００を含んでいる。３００は情報を通信するためのバスその他の通信手段３０１、および情報を処理するための、バス３０１に結合された処理手段３０２を含んでいる。システム３００はさらに、バス３０１に結合された、情報およびプロセッサ３０２によって実行される命令を記憶するためのランダム・アクセス・メモリ（ＲＡＭ）その他の揮発性記憶装置３０４（メイン・メモリと呼ぶ）を含んでいる。メイン・メモリ３０４を使用して、プロセッサ３０２による命令の実行中に一時変数またはその他の中間情報を記憶することもできる。システム３００はプロセッサ３０２用のスタティックな情報および命令を記憶するための、バス３０１に結合された読取り専用メモリ（ＲＯＭ）ないしその他のスタティック記憶装置３０６、ならびに磁気ディスクまたは光ディスクおよび対応するディスク装置などのデータ記憶装置３０７も含んでいる。データ記憶装置３０７は情報および命令を記憶するためにバス３０１に結合されている。プロファイル、索引、トピック、および記事のファイルを含めて、本明細書に記載する各種のファイルの記憶にこれを使用することもできる。
【００１９】
システム３００はさらにコンピュータ・ユーザに情報を表示するための陰極線管（ＣＲＴ）または液晶表示装置（ＬＣＤ）などのバス３０１に結合された表示装置３２１に結合される。この表示装置３２１はさらにフレーム・バッファ３１０を介してバス３０１に結合されている。フレーム・バッファには表示装置３２１に表示する単一または複数のフレームまたは画像などの情報を記憶する。英数字キーおよびその他のキーを含む英数字入力装置３２２も、情報およびコマンドの選択をプロセッサ３０２へ通信するためにバス３０１に結合されている。付加的なユーザ入力装置としては、方向情報およびコマンドの選択をプロセッサ３０２へ通信し、表示装置３２１上でのカーソルの運動を制御するためにバス３０１に結合されたマウス、トラックボール、スタイラス、またはカーソル方向キーなどのカーソル制御装置３２３がある。
【００２０】
また、システム３００のすべての構成要素および関連するハードウェアを各種の実施形態で使用できることに留意されたいが、任意の構成のシステムを特定の実施形態にしたがって各種の目的で使用できることが理解できよう。
【００２１】
１実施形態において、システム３００はカリフォルニア州Ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ＶｉｅｗのＳｕｎ Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ（登録商標）製のＳＰＡＲＣｓｔａｔｉｏｎブランドのワークステーションなどのＳｕｎ Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ（登録商標）ブランド・ファミリーのワークステーションの１つである。プロセッサ３０２はカリフォルニア州Ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ＶｉｅｗのＳｕｎ Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ（登録商標），Ｉｎｃ．製のＳＰＡＲＣブランドのマイクロプロセッサの１つである。
【００２２】
本明細書記載の各種の実施形態の以下の説明は、特に、実行時にシステム３００で解釈ないし実行される高水準プログラミング言語（たとえば、ＰＥＲＬインタプリタ言語）で生成された一連のルーチンについて述べるものであることに留意されたい。これらはさらに、ＨＴＭＬでの表示の外観についての指定を含め、上述したように、ＮＣＳＡから入手可能なブラウザおよびサーバ・ソフトウェアとともに使用することもできる。しかしながら、当分野の技術者には、離散論理装置、大規模集積回路（ＬＳＩ）、特定用途向け集積回路（ＡＳＩＣ）、その他の特殊ハードウェアなどの特殊目的のハードウェアで、以下の方法および装置を実現できることが理解できよう。本明細書の記載は同様な機能を有する装置に同等に適用できるものである。
【００２３】
図４は本発明を実施した実施形態の主要構成要素を形成するプロセスを詳細に示すものである。ＰＥＲＬで実施されたＳＧＭＬ／ＨＴＭＬパーサ／コンバータ・プロセス４００はＣＧＩ２２０を介してサーバと通信し、サーバに常駐しているファイル内の情報に対する、探索要求を含むユーザ要求を処理し、応答することができる。さらに、探索結果フォーマッタ・プロセス４３０がユーザ探索要求に応じていくつかのＨＴＭＬファイル４２０を作成し、ＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ探索を行うこともできる。ＳＧＭＬメール・メッセージによって記憶されたＨＴＭＬバージョンの記事を指定された探索項が存在しているかどうかについて探索し、他のＨＴＭＬファイルをこれに応じて作成する。これらの探索要求のＨＴＭＬでの結果を次いで、クライアントのコンソールに表示することができる。実行された実施形態において、サーバに常駐するＨＴＭＬファイル４２０は、第２のプロセス、すなわちニュース・ソース４１０から受信した電子メール（ｅメール）から作成される。このプロセスは他のコンピュータ・システムでも作動可能であり、ネットワーク媒体によってサーバと通信することができる。この実施形態において、ニュース・ソースはテキストを特定し、分類するのに役立つ標準汎用マークアップ言語（ＳＧＭＬ）テキストをｅメール・メッセージの内部に埋め込む。これを図５に示す。これは実施形態の１つにすぎず、他のソース（たとえばＵＳＥＮＥＴ Ｎｅｗｓｇｒｏｕｐｓ）をニュース・ソースとして使用することもできる。
【００２４】
この実施形態において、ニュース・ソースはｅメール・メッセージを何らかの所定の時間間隔でサーバ１５０へ与え、ＨＴＭＬジェネレータ４００はこのメッセージを構文解析し、クライアントのセッション中に利用できるＨＴＭＬファイルを作成する。ｅメール・メッセージは埋め込まれたＳＧＭＬテキストを含んでおり、このテキストはプロファイル／トピック（キー）情報を含んでいる。もちろん、テキストは任意の数の記述／フォーマット言語で受信することができる。プロファイルは本実施形態において、１つまたは多数のトピックである。たとえば、プロファイル・リスト・ファイルには「Ｓｕｎ＿Ｅｘｐｒｅｓｓ＿Ｎｅｗｓ．ｌｉｓｔ」という題名がつけられており、このリストにおいて、単一のプロファイル名には「ＤｉｒｅｃｔＭａｒｋｅｔｉｎｇ」という題名がつけられている。キー（または、トピック）はたとえば、「Ｔｅｌｅｍａｒｋｅｔｉｎｇ」および「Ｃａｔａｌｏｇ Ｓａｌｅｓ」である。他の実施形態において、プロファイル／トピックはＵＳＥＮＥＴＮｅｗｓｇｒｏｕｐｓおよび主題の見出しを含んでいることがある。個々のトピックは、この実施形態において、トピックを取得し、プロファイルごとにこれらをグループ分けする帰納的技法を使用して多数のパブリケーションを探索することによって生成される。フロントエンド探索、ならびにプロファイルおよびトピックへのカテゴリー化は、Ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ Ｉｎｃ．で利用可能なサービスを使用して行われる。また、プロファイルはそれに含まれている特定のトピックによってプリセットされているが、他の実施形態では、プロファイルないしトピックをユーザが定義してもかまわない。
【００２５】
各トピックを記憶するために独立したディレクトリを使用する。図５に示すように、プロファイルを表すディレクトリ５０１を必要に応じ作成することができる（本例においては、「Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ Ｗａｔｃｈ」という名称）。すでに存在している場合には、プロファイル内に含まれているトピックに対するサブディレクトリ（たとえば、「Ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｉｖｉｔｙ」および「Ｍａｋｉｎｇ Ｍｏｎｅｙ」という名称の５０２および５０３）も存在している（必要であれば作成される）。各サブディレクトリ内には、ｅメール・メッセージ５００内に含まれている構文解析済みの記事自体を含んでいるファイル（たとえば、５０４）が作成される。２つのタイプのファイル、すなわち記事の摘要と記事自体が各記事に対して記憶される。摘要（概要ともいう）は情報の検索の結果の閲覧時に、特定の記事の詳細な検討が必要かどうかを決定するために、ユーザによって使用される。
【００２６】
ＳＧＭＬの処理中に作成される各種のファイルを図６および図７に示す。指定されたディレクトリ（たとえば、ユニフォーム・リソース・ロケータ［ＵＲＬ］によってアクセスできるルート・ディレクトリ）には、ＨＴＭＬのファイルｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ６１０およびｅｘｐａｎｄｅｄ＿ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ６２０が記憶されている。ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル６１０は現在定義されている（ＳＧＭＬファイルに受信したままの）すべてのプロファイルのリストを含んでいる。ｅｘｐａｎｄｅｄ＿ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル６２０は各トピックの概要（摘要）のリストを参照する関連アンカとともにプロファイルのリストを含んでいる。
【００２７】
概要のこれらのリストは各トピックに対するキー・ファイル（たとえば、６２０、６３０）に収められる。ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル６１０、ｅｘｐａｎｄｅｄ＿ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル６２０およびキー・ファイルはすべて記事ファイルの構文解析後に作成され、各種の関連ファイルないし文書のハイパーテキスト相互参照を可能とするために、アンカが各種のファイルに作成される。ＳＧＭＬファイルが構文解析されると、プロファイル・ファイル（トピックのリスト）６４０、６４１、６４２、・・・がプロファイルを追跡するために作成される。これらはプロファイル・ディレクトリ６３０に記憶される。
【００２８】
図７に示すように、トピック・ディレクトリ６５０はディレクトリ６６０、６６１、６６２、として記憶されているトピックの各々を参照している。各トピック・ディレクトリ（たとえば、６６０）には、キー・ファイル６７０が記憶されており、そのファイルはトピックごとに、ディレクトリ内に含まれている記事（たとえば、６７３）の各々に対する参照を含んでいる。以下で説明するように、キー・ファイル６７０は記事自体に対するアンカとして表された題名と、ディレクトリに記憶された関連した概要（摘要ファイル、たとえば６７２からの）を含んでいる。６７２などの各摘要ファイルは記事ファイルに対するアンカも含んでいる。最後に、ｓｕｍｍａｒｙ*.ｈｔｍｌ ６７１ などの要約ファイルがディレクトリに記憶されており、これらのファイルはトピック・ディレクトリに記憶されている記事のアンカとして表されている題名の前の週の要約を含んでいる。要約ファイルはファイル指定の要約＜ｄａｔｅ＃＞.ｈｔｍｌ とともに記憶されており、ｄａｔｅ＃は前の週の日付のユリウス暦日である。もちろん、何らかの一意のファイル指定を使用してもかまわない。
【００２９】
ＳＧＭＬファイルは関連する情報を取得するために２回処理される。まず、記事および各記事に対する摘要を取得するために構文解析される。記事がどのプロファイル／トピックに関連しているかにしたがって、各記事および摘要のディレクトリが必要に応じ作成される。記事および摘要は次いで、これらのサブディレクトリに記憶される。プロファイルおよびトピックのサブディレクトリの第２のパスはハイパーリンク相互参照のための各トピックに対するｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル、ｅｘｐａｎｄｅｄ＿ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル、ｋｅｙ.ｈｔｍｌファイルおよび記事ファイルの連携を引き起こす。この詳細および機構については以下で検討する。
【００３０】
ＳＧＭＬフォーマット化メッセージ内に含まれているストーリーの例を以下に示す。
【００３１】

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【００３２】
プロファイル・リストを作成するための構文解析後、ＳＧＭＬファイルを再度構文解析して、摘要ファイルおよびストーリー・ファイルを取得する。.ｈｔｍｌ インスタンスでＳＧＭＬインスタンスを置き換える。ソース言語のものに対応した他の対応フォーマット・コマンドないしコードを使用することができる。さらに、記事ファイル自体を参照するアンカを作成して、記事自体に対する摘要からのハイパーテキスト閲覧を可能とする。任意の数のハイパーテキスト検索技法を使用して実施されたアンカ、および.ｈｔｍｌ を１つの実施形態としてだけ検討する。摘要ファイルは次のフォーマットのファイル名を有している。
<yr-day#.rec_brf_story#.html > (たとえば94-307.rec_brf_72.html)
ただし、ｄａｙ＃はその年のユリウス暦年であり、ｓｔｏｒｙ＃はＳＧＭＬファイルから読み取ったときにストーリーに割り当てられる一意の数字である。
【００３３】
摘要ファイル例は次のようになる。
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【００３４】
記事ファイルが同様にして作成されるが、ＳＧＭＬインスタンスは.ｈｔｍｌ の同等物で置き換えられる。記事ファイルは次のフォーマットのファイル名を有している。
<yr-day#.rec_story#.html > (たとえば94-307.rec_72.html )
【００３５】
記事ないしストーリー・ファイルの例は次のようになる。
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【００３６】
実施された実施形態でｐｒｏｆｉｌｅ.ｌｉｓｔ （および、対応する.ｈｔｍｌファイル）、トピック・ファイル、要約ファイル、記事ファイルおよび摘要ファイルを作成するプロセスの詳細を、図８−図１１を参照して検討する。プロセスは対話型のＰＥＲＬスクリプトとし実施され、所定の時間枠（たとえば、１５分）が経過するまで遊休状態である（ステップ７０２）。この時間枠が経過すると、サーバがＳＧＭＬフォーマット化テキストを含んでいる新しいメール・メッセージを受信しているかどうかが判定される（ステップ７０４）。受信している場合には、メール・メッセージの処理に進むことができる。
【００３７】
ステップ７０６において、メール・メッセージが他の処理のためにローカル作業ディレクトリにコピーされる。ファイルは次のフォーマットの名称を有している。
<yr-day#.sgml> （たとえば、94-307.sgml）
【００３８】
ファイルは次いで、記事を取り除き、プロファイル／キーを取得し、必要に応じトピック・ディレクトリを作成するために、ステップ７１０で構文解析される。ＳＧＭＬファイルの構文解析およびいくつかの.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルの生成に引き続いて、ディレクトリをステップ７１２で事後処理して、ホームページおよび拡張索引を作成し、記事ファイル、摘要ファイル、要約ファイル、トピック・ファイル、索引ファイルおよび拡張索引ファイルの間にリンクを設ける。最後に、ステップ７１４において、キーワードの探索を行うためのＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ索引を更新して、プロファイルおよびトピックのユーザの探索を可能とする。
【００３９】
図９は図８に示したステップ７１０の詳細を示す。ステップ７３０において、ＳＧＭＬファイルに含まれている他の記事ファイルがあるかどうかを判定する。存在しない場合（たとえば、ファイルの終わり状態が検出された場合）、プロセスは完了する。しかしながら、存在している場合には、プロファイル／キー情報を含む次の記事ファイルがステップ７３２で読み取られる（たとえば、＜ｒｅｃ＞の次のインスタンス）。ストーリーは，＜ｒｅｃ＞＜／ｒｅｃ＞で区切られている。この場合、記事に含まれているプロファイル／キー情報を処理することができる。
【００４０】
上記のＳＧＭＬファイルの例で示すように、プロファイルは＜ｐｒｏｆｉｌｅ＞＜／ｐｒｏｆｉｌｅ＞という式で区切られている。トピックは＜ｋｅｙ＞＜／ｋｅｙ＞という式で区切られ、プロファイル名の後におかれる。上記のように、プロファイルとキー（トピック）は各記事の後にあり、＜ｃａｔａｌｏｇ＿ｉｔｅｍ＞＜／ｃａｔａｌｏｇ＿ｉｔｅｍ＞という式で区切られている。ステップ７３４で検出されるように、記事に他のプロファイル／トピックがない場合には、プロセス７１０はステップ７３６に進む。他のプロファイルが存在している場合には、ステップ７３６において、そのプロファイルに対するプロファイル・ファイルが存在しているかどうかが検出される。検出されない場合には、プロファイル・ファイルがステップ７３８で作成される。次いで、ステップ７４０において、そのトピックに対するトピック・サブディレクトリが存在しているかどうかが検出される。検出されない場合には、ステップ７４２でこれが作成され、プロファイル・ファイルのトピックをリストしているプロファイル・ファイルに項目が追加される。項目がプロファイル・ファイルに追加され、必要に応じて、トピック・サブディレクトリが作成されると、記事ファイルがステップ７４４に書き込まれ、すべてのＳＧＭＬインスタンスを.ｈｔｍｌ インスタンスと置き換える。摘要ファイルも同様に書き込まれる。上記の例に示すように、摘要ファイルは＜ｂｒｉｅｆ＞＜／ｂｒｉｅｆ＞によって区切られている。ステップ７４８において、他のトピックがこのプロファイルに対して定義されているかどうかが検出される。検出された場合には、プロセス７１０はステップ７４０へ進む。検出されない場合には、プロセスは記事の次のプロファイルを検出するためにステップ７３４へ進む。流れ図から明らかなように、記事および対応する摘要の何部かのコピーを作成することができるが、最適化として、摘要および対応する記事の単一のコピーに対するリンクだけをディレクトリに記憶してもよい。他の改変形も当分野の技術者には明らかであろう。
【００４１】
図１０および図１１は事後処理ステップ７１２の詳細を示す。ステップ７１２はｅメール・メッセージからの記事ファイルの処理が完了すると行われる。ステップ７１２へ入ると、完全なプロファイルと関連するトピックがわかる。したがって、Ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルおよび ｅｘｐａｎｄｅｄ＿ｉｎｄｅｘ.ｈｔｍｌファイルをステップ７５０で作成することができる。摘要ファイルおよび対応する記事に対するアンカが、ステップ７５２においてプロセス内に生じる。ステップ７５４において、他のトピック・サブディレクトリがあるかどうかが検出される。検出される場合には、次のトピック・サブディレクトリがステップ７５６で検索される。ｋｅｙ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイル（記事を参照するための）がステップ７５８で作成される。プロセスは図１１へ続く。図１１のステップ７６２において、他の摘要ファイルがサブディレクトリに含まれているかどうかが検出される。検出されない場合には、プロセスは図１０のステップ７５４へ戻る。検出される場合には、次の摘要ファイルがステップ７６４で検索される。対応する記事ファイルが次いで、ステップ７６６で検索される。記事に対するアンカをステップ７６８で摘要ファイルに追加することができる。アンカを含む摘要ファイルを次いで、ステップ７７０においてｋｅｙ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルに挿入される。これによって、ブラウザによるｋｅｙ.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルの摘要からの記事のハイパーテキストの閲覧が可能となる。この処理が完了すると、索引ファイル、拡張索引ファイル、トピック・ファイル、摘要ファイルまたは記事ファイルの間の完全なハイパーテキスト閲覧を達成することができる。
【００４２】
図１２は上記で作成された.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルおよび探索の実行後に要求に応じて作成される付加的なファイルを使用した表示／探索プロセスを示す。ＨＴＴＰサーバがクライアントの接続に対する要求を検出したときに、セッションが通常開始される（ステップ８０２）。次いで、要求されたページ、通常はホーム・ページを、ステップ８０４においてクライアントのブラウザに表示することができる。プロファイル・リスト（ホーム・ページ）、プロファイル、すなわち任意の選択されたプロファイルごとに配列されているトピックを含む拡張プロファイル・ファイル・リスト、上記で作成された.ｈｔｍｌ ページを使用したトピック・ページ、摘要ページまたはストーリー・ページを含む正規のＨＴＴＰ交換を使用して、その他の要求されたページを表示することができる。さらに、サーバが探索が要求されているかどうかをステップ８０６で検出する。要求されている場合には、ＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ（逆索引）探索がステップ８０８において選択したプロファイル（もしあれば）で行われる。ステップ８１０において、探索の結果を含む . ｈｔｍｌ ページが生成される。探索の結果には、関連性によって編成されたストーリー、摘要および題名が含まれている。関連性は幾つかの要因を含んでいる。例えば、これに限定されるものではないが、プライマシーとか、発生数（オカレンス）をこの順序で含んでいる。他の、もっと複雑な関連性の尺度を使用してもよい。ストーリーの見出しが、ストーリー自体を参照するアンカとして表示される。探索が完了すると、要求のページ、この場合には、探索の結果がステップ８０４で再度表示される。
【００４３】
図１３はメイン・ホーム・ページの.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルとして表示されるスクロール可能な表示を示している。ＨＴＴＰの下での記入フォームを使用していつでもユーザが入力できる探索フィールド９１０が、選択されたプロファイルにおいて任意の時点にＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ探索について表示される。プロファイル名の各々（たとえば、９２０、９２１など）は探索に対する、あるいは拡張ホーム・ページ（図１４）を参照するためのプロファイルと同じアンカとして選択可能である。
【００４４】
拡張ホーム・ページの表示を図１４に示す。これはトピック・メイン・ページにアクセスするためのプロファイルの見出し（たとえば、１０２０、１０３０）および対応するトピック・アンカ（１０２１、１０２２、１０２３および１０３１）を含んでいる。この場合も、拡張ホーム・ページはフィールド１０１０へテキストを入力することによって探索可能である。
【００４５】
図１５−図１７は図１４に示したトピック・アンカのいずれかを選択することによってアクセスできるトピック要約ページを示す表示を示す。これはトピックの見出し１１００、プロファイルに対する以前のトピック（もしあれば）に対するアンカ１１０１を含んでいる。これは次のトピック・アンカ１１０２、および図１３に示したホーム・ページへ戻るためのプロファイル・ページへ戻るも含んでいる。ストーリーの見出しに対するアンカ１１１１、１１１２、・・・がストーリー自体にアクセスするために存在している。表示は各ストーリーに対する摘要（たとえば、１１２１）も含んでいる。前日の見出しだけ（１１３０、１１３１、・・・）だけが示されており、図１６に示すようにこれらのストーリーに対するアクセスを可能とする。図１１ｃのアンカ１１４０は所与のトピックに対する前週のストーリー（もしあれば）に対する.ｈｔｍｌ ページのアクセスを可能とする。
【００４６】
図１８および図１９は上述のＦｒｅｅＷＡＩＳ探索の結果を示す。探索項がフィールド１２００に示されており、ストーリー・ページ自体に対するアンカとして機能するストーリーの見出し（たとえば、１２０２）が関連性によって分類されて示されている。日付を含む関連性のスコアが各記事に対して１２０１として示されている。摘要.ｈｔｍｌ ファイルからのテキストが１２０３として示されている。
【００４７】
最後に、ストーリーのテキストが図２０に示したもののようなページに表示される。１３００はストーリーの題名を含んでおり、１３０１はストーリーに関する識別情報を含んでおり、１３０２はストーリー・テキスト自体を示している。
【００４８】
これで、情報を検索するための方法および装置を説明した。上記は特定の有用性を有しており、図面および明細書におけるいくつかの特定の実施形態を参照して説明したものであること、ならびにこれらの特定の細部のすべてを実施することなく、本発明を実施できることに留意されたい。それ故、図面および明細書は単なる例として考えるべきものであって、本発明を限定するものではない。本発明は首記のクレームによってのみ限定されるものである。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】 本発明の実施形態を実現することのできるクライアント／サーバ・システムを示す図である。
【図２】 図１のクライアント／サーバ・システムの詳細図である。
【図３】 クライアントまたはサーバが作動できるワークステーションの構造を示す図である。
【図４】 サーバ内で作動できるプロセスの詳細図である。
【図５】 本発明の実現された実施形態で処理されるファイルの例を示す図である。
【図６】 サーバで作成されたファイルの詳細を示す図である。
【図７】 サーバで作成されたファイルの詳細を示す図である。
【図８】 プロファイルの生成もしくはパーソナル・ニューズペーパの作成のためにサーバで行われるステップの順序を示す図である。
【図９】 プロファイルの生成もしくはパーソナル・ニューズペーパの作成のためにサーバで行われるステップの順序を示す図である。
【図１０】プロファイルの生成もしくはパーソナル・ニューズペーパの作成のためにサーバで行われるステップの順序を示す図である。
【図１１】 プロファイルの生成もしくはパーソナル・ニューズペーパの作成のためにサーバで行われるステップの順序を示す図である。
【図１２】 探索の遂行を含む、ユーザ・セッション中に行われるプロセスの図である。
【図１３】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１４】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１５】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１６】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１７】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１８】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図１９】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【図２０】 ユーザ制御のための各種の表示画面を示し、かつ図８−図１２に示したプロセスの結果を示す図である。
【符号の説明】
１００ クライアント・アプリケーション・プログラム
１１０ ユーザ要求
１５０ サーバ
１６０ サーバ応答
２００ ブラウザ
２２０ 共通ゲートウェイ・インタフェース（ＣＧＩ）
２５０ 通信媒体
２３０ 「フォーム記入」機能
３００ システム
３０１ バス
３０２ 処理手段
３０４ メイン・メモリ
３０６ 読取り専用メモリ
３０７ データ記憶装置
３１０ フレーム・バッファ
３２１ 表示装置
３２２ 英数字入力装置
３２３ カーソル制御装置[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention relates to information retrieval. In detail, the present invention is the first.ofMarkup languageWritten inReceiving multiple information organized by profile and topic, and a second markup languageWritten inIt relates to a client / server model for information retrieval that includes parsing a plurality of information into pieces of information. The information part includes an anchor that references each part of the information to enable hypertext viewing and access..
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the development of computerized information resources such as Internet, various online services such as Composer, America Online, Prodigy, and other services, information that can be used electronically has increased rapidly. In fact, this electronic information is increasingly being replaced by traditional information transmission means such as newspapers, magazines and even television. The main problem with all of these resources is to screen the large amount of information available so that the user can get interesting information.
[0003]
Users who are currently subscribed to one of the above services or who use the Internet, depending on the situation, can manually scan various information resources to obtain articles, notices, or information of interest. Yes. Typically, users have manually scanned areas and sources of interest (publications, USENET Newsgroups, forums, or other areas categorized by topic) to find areas of topics of interest to the user. The user then searches, for example, for articles or files with subject headings that match what he wants to read. For example, USENET Newsgroups on Internet bulletins often have relevant subject headings that allow manual operation. Article headlines for newspaper / magazine services perform a similar function. Therefore, if the user does not want to view a story about the product for sale, he simply ignores the posting with the term “sale” in the subject heading. Finally, as the final level of screening, users read stories sorted by topic and subject heading, and if they see something they want to ignore other parts of the article while browsing the story, read You can stop and abandon the story. If desired, the user can download the remaining stories and view them later in any number of prior art methods.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Obviously, this manual scanning process that requires user involvement is extremely time consuming. To some extent the news has been sorted for readers. Those who subscribe to any magazine / newspaper or watch some television network already have a huge electronically available information base (eg priority services) that is screened for these people ing. However, this “screening” is done on a large scale for a wide range of readers and viewers. There are no adjustments to specific stories that are of interest to specific users. Therefore, there is a need to automatically sort a very large number of electronic sources to generate a subset of stories that are available in electronic form tailored to the user's particular interest.
[0005]
Other services have recently become available. Some allow information retrieval by facsimile or other means based on user-specific parameters. Some commercial services offer facsimile services to search for articles of interest based on predefined profiles. These profiles include those grouped by company or subject area. Articles of interest are searched using standard prior art techniques (eg, Boolean search terms). These services, however, do not provide extensive information in digital form (eg, user interface displays) and do not allow browsing of information retrieved from these sources.
[0006]
Therefore, conventional techniques for obtaining information from various sources have several drawbacks.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The present invention is realized by a computer for retrieving information.RuA method and system.
  Information contentidentificationFirst markup language to doWritten inReceive a first file of information.
  In response to receiving the first file of information, the first file of informationsyntaxParse and list of profilesWhenFor each list of profilesCorresponding aboutCreate at least one topic.
  Second markup languageWritten inGenerate second fileTo do. The second file includes a list of profiles and at least one third file written in a second markup language for a corresponding at least one topic for each of the list of profiles.. Each second file contains an anchor that references at least one corresponding third file.MuThe first markup instance of the first file of information is converted to a second markup instance in either the second file or the third file.
  The first file of informationsyntaxParse each profile listCorresponding aboutOn at least one topicIf there is an article,At least one articleAnd at least one of this articleDetermine the corresponding description.
  For each list of profilesCorresponding aboutOn at least one topicabout,If there is an article, at least one articleabout4th fileWhenA fifth file is generated. The fourth file is a description of at least one article of the first file of informationWhenAnd an anchor for the fifth file, with the fifth file in each of the list of profilesCorresponding aboutOn at least one topicIf there is an article,Contains text for at least one articleMu.
  In the realized embodiment, reference is made to a plurality of fifth files.pluralIncluding anchorMuThe sixth file is alsoGenerationYes, the sixth file anchor is each profile and correspondingDoOrdered by topicBe. The first file of informationTheEmail (email) messageGet inbe able to.Of informationProcessing the first fileWhenIncluding anchorAdditionalFile creationWhenDisplays the processed information in hypertextWhenA general inspection is possible.
[0008]
  In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method and apparatus for retrieving information includes a list of profilesWhenFor each of its profile listsCorresponding aboutAt least one topicIncludingHypertext conversion protocol to display generated by the second markup languageLeUse to display to the user.Mu. User is hypertext conversion protocolLeThus, in the second list of profilesAboutThe user can select a first plurality of at least one topic. User is hypertext conversion protocolLeTherefore, at least one search term can be input. The search can be performed on a first database of information using search terms. The first database of information is a list of the profilesWhenTo each of the list of profilesAboutOrganized by at least one topic. The search goes to the second list of profilesAboutAt least one of the first plurality ofNoFor each pickIn the first database of informationDone in position. A markup language file indicating the result of the search can be generated. This searchsyntaxIt may include a FreeWAIS (reverse index) of the parsed information.
[0009]
The present invention is illustrated by non-limiting examples in the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals indicate like elements.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Part of this disclosure includes material that is subject to copyright protection and where copyright protection is claimed. The owner will not challenge the exact reproduction of any patent disclosure shown in the United States Patent and Trademark Office patent file or record, but otherwise will retain all copyrights and other rights. Hold.
[0011]
The present invention is a method and apparatus for automatically creating a hypertext document from information using profiles and topics and providing that information to a user. The following description is made with reference to specific embodiments, including data structures, step flows, hardware configurations, etc., but those skilled in the art will recognize embodiments of the present invention according to these specific details. It will be clear that this can be achieved without any problems.
[0012]
Embodiments of the present invention use the client / server architecture shown in FIG. In the figure, a user request 110 for news is sent by a client application program 100 to a server 150 (usually a remote computer system accessible via the Internet or other communication medium). The server 150, described in detail below, scans and searches for raw (raw) information sources (eg, newswire feeds or newsgroups) based on these user requests and selects the electronic response as server response 160. Present information to the client process. Client processes can be active on the first computer system and server processes can be active on the second computer system, communicating with each other via a communication medium, thus providing a distributed function, Clients can use the server's information collection function.
[0013]
Details of the client and server are shown in FIG. A client and server are processes that run on two computer systems, generated by a high-level programming language (eg, PERL) and interpreted and executed on a computer system (eg, a workstation) at runtime However, those skilled in the art will understand that these can be realized by various hardware devices that may be programs or dedicated ones.
[0014]
  Client 100 and server 150 are hypertext conversion protocols.Le (Communication is performed using a function provided by HTTP). The World Wide Web (WWW), shortly “Web”, conforms to this standard and includes all servers accessible to clients by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). For example, communication can occur over communication medium 250. In some embodiments, the client and server may be coupled by a serial line internet protocol (SLIP) or TCP / IP connection for high capacity communication. Within the client, a first process called “browser” 200 is active, which establishes a connection with server 150 and displays information to the user. Any number of commercially available browsers or publicly available browsers can be used in various embodiments, but in this embodiment browser 200 is available from National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. It is a browser of the Mosaic brand. Other browsers may be used such as Netscape, Netcruiser or Lynx branded browsers that are available and have the functionality defined in HTTP and Mosaic browsers.
[0015]
Server 150 executes corresponding server software that provides information to the client in the form of an HTTP response. The HTTP response corresponds to a web “page” expressed using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or other data generated by the server as described below.
[0016]
Under the Mosaic brand browser, in addition to the HTML functionality 210 provided by the server (viewing and searching for some text and other data based on hypertext browsing and item selection), the client program directs the server Thus, a common gateway interface (CGI) 220 that enables the execution of a specific program stored in the server is prepared. This includes a search engine that manipulates the information received on the server and displays it to the user controlling the client. Using this interface and HTTP, the server can also notify the client of the result of its execution upon completion.
[0017]
In order to control the parameters of execution of this server resident process, the client can direct the filling of several “forms” from its browser. This can also be provided by the “Form Fill” function 230 available in Mosaic, which is a search term (eg, of interest to the user) that allows the server to function in the application program via the client application program 100 It is possible to specify a section included in a story / article type having Details of this search mechanism are discussed below.
[0018]
A computer system such as a workstation, personal computer, and other processing device on which the client 100 and server 150 can operate is shown in FIG. A workstation that can implement one of the embodiments of the present invention includes a system 300. 300 includes a bus or other communication means 301 for communicating information, and processing means 302 coupled to the bus 301 for processing information. System 300 further includes a random access memory (RAM) or other volatile storage device 304 (referred to as main memory) coupled to bus 301 for storing information and instructions executed by processor 302. It is out. Main memory 304 may also be used to store temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of instructions by processor 302. System 300 is a read only memory (ROM) or other static storage device 306 coupled to bus 301 for storing static information and instructions for processor 302, as well as a magnetic disk or optical disk and corresponding disk device, etc. A data storage device 307 is also included. Data storage device 307 is coupled to bus 301 for storing information and instructions. It can also be used to store the various files described herein, including profile, index, topic, and article files.
[0019]
The system 300 is further coupled to a display device 321 coupled to a bus 301 such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) or a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying information to a computer user. This display device 321 is further coupled to the bus 301 via a frame buffer 310. The frame buffer stores information such as a single frame or a plurality of frames or images to be displayed on the display device 321. An alphanumeric input device 322, including alphanumeric keys and other keys, is also coupled to the bus 301 for communicating information and command selections to the processor 302. Additional user input devices include a mouse, trackball, stylus, or the like coupled to the bus 301 to communicate direction information and command selections to the processor 302 and control cursor movement on the display 321. There is a cursor control device 323 such as a cursor direction key.
[0020]
It should also be noted that all components of system 300 and associated hardware can be used in various embodiments, but it will be understood that any configuration of system can be used for various purposes in accordance with a particular embodiment. .
[0021]
In one embodiment, the system 300 is one of the Sun Microsystems (TM) brand family of workstations, such as the SPARCstation brand workstation manufactured by Sun Microsystems (TM) of Mountain View, California. Processor 302 is a Sun Microsystems®, Inc., Mountain View, Calif. One of the SPARC brand microprocessors.
[0022]
The following description of the various embodiments described herein specifically describes a series of routines generated in a high-level programming language (eg, PERL interpreter language) that are interpreted or executed by system 300 at runtime. Please note that. They can also be used with browser and server software available from NCSA, as described above, including designation for the appearance of the display in HTML. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the following methods and apparatus may be used with special purpose hardware such as discrete logic devices, large scale integrated circuits (LSIs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and other special hardware. It will be understood that can be realized. The description in this specification can be equally applied to apparatuses having similar functions.
[0023]
  FIG. 4 shows in detail the process of forming the main components of an embodiment implementing the present invention. The SGML / HTML parser / converter process 400 implemented in PERL communicates with the server via CGI 220 to process and respond to user requests, including search requests, for information in files residing on the server. it can. In addition, the search result formatter process 430 can create several HTML files 420 in response to a user search request and perform a FreeWAIS search. The HTML version of the article stored by the SGML mail message is searched for the presence of the specified search term, and another HTML file is created accordingly. The HTML results of these search requests can then be displayed on the client console. In the implemented embodiment, the HTML file 420 resident on the server is created from an email (e-mail) received from the second process, the news source 410. This process can also work with other computer systems and can communicate with the server via a network medium. In this embodiment, the news source isTeStandard General Markup Language (SGML) text to help identify and classify textEmbed in the email message. This is shown in FIG. This is just one embodiment, and other sources (eg, USENET Newsgroups) can be used as news sources.
[0024]
  In this embodiment, the news source sends email messages to the server at some predetermined time interval.150HTML generator 400Parses this message andCreate an HTML file that can be used during a client session. The email message contains embedded SGML text, which contains profile / topic (key) information. Of course, the text can be received in any number of description / format languages. A profile is one or many topics in this embodiment. For example, the profile list file is titled “Sun_Express_News.list”, and in this list, a single profile name is titled “DirectMarketing”. The keys (or topics) are, for example, “Telemarketing” and “Catalog Sales”. In other embodiments, the profile / topic may include USENETNewsgroups and subject headings. Individual topics are generated in this embodiment by taking a number of publications using inductive techniques that take the topics and group them by profile. Front-end search, and categorization into profiles and topics is described in Individual Inc. Done using the services available at. In addition, the profile is preset by the specific topic included therein, but in other embodiments, the profile or topic may be defined by the user.
[0025]
  Use a separate directory to store each topic. As shown in FIG. 5, a directory 501 representing a profile can be created as necessary (in this example, the name “Internet Watch”). If it already exists, subdirectories for topics included in the profile (for example, 502 and 503 named “Connectivity” and “Making Money”) also exist (created if necessary). ) Within each subdirectory, included in email message 500syntaxA file (eg, 504) containing the analyzed article itself is created. Two types of files are stored for each article: an article description and the article itself. A summary (also referred to as a summary) is used by the user to determine whether a detailed review of a particular article is required when viewing the results of a search for information.
[0026]
Various files created during the SGML processing are shown in FIGS. HTML files index.html 610 and expanded_index.html 620 are stored in a designated directory (for example, a root directory that can be accessed by the uniform resource locator [URL]). The index.html file 610 contains a list of all profiles currently defined (as received in the SGML file). The expanded_index.html file 620 contains a list of profiles with associated anchors that reference a summary (summary) list of each topic.
[0027]
  These lists of summaries are stored in a key file (eg, 620, 630) for each topic. index.html file 610, expanded_index.html file620And all key files are article filessyntaxAnchors are created in various files to enable hypertext cross-referencing of various related files or documents that are created after analysis. SGML file issyntaxOnce parsed, a profile file (list of topics) 640, 641, 642,... Is created to track the profile. These are stored in the profile directory 630.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 7, the topic directory 650 refers to each of the topics stored as directories 660, 661, 662. Each topic directory (eg, 660) stores a key file 670 that contains a reference to each of the articles (eg, 673) contained in the directory for each topic. . As described below, the key file 670 includes a title represented as an anchor to the article itself and an associated summary (from a summary file, eg, 672) stored in the directory. Each summary file such as 672 also includes an anchor for the article file. Finally, summary*Summary files, such as .html 671, are stored in the directory, and these files contain a summary of the previous week of the title represented as an article anchor stored in the topic directory. The summary file is stored with the file specified summary <date #>. Html, where date # is the Julian date of the previous week's date. Of course, any unique file specification may be used.
[0029]
  SGML files are processed twice to obtain relevant information. First, to get an article and a description for each articlesyntaxAnalyzed. Depending on which profile / topic the article is associated with, each article and summary directory is created as needed. Articles and abstracts are then stored in these subdirectories. The second path of the profile and topic subdirectories causes the index.html file, expanded_index.html file, key.html file, and article file for each topic for hyperlink cross-references. Details and mechanism are discussed below.
[0030]
An example of a story contained in an SGML formatted message is shown below.
[0031]
Figure 0003987133
Figure 0003987133
[0032]
  For creating a profile listsyntaxAfter analysis, re-save the SGML filesyntaxAnalyze to get summary file and story file. .html instancesoSGML instanceThereplace. Other supported format commands or codes corresponding to those in the source language can be used. Furthermore, an anchor that refers to the article file itself is created to enable hypertext browsing from the summary of the article itself. Consider an anchor implemented using any number of hypertext search techniques and .html as one embodiment only. The summary file has a file name in the following format.
  <yr-day # .rec_brf_story # .html> (eg 94-307.rec_brf_72.html)
  However, day # is the Julian year of the year, and story # is a unique number assigned to the story when read from the SGML file.
[0033]
A summary file example is as follows.
Figure 0003987133
[0034]
An article file is created in the same way, but the SGML instance is replaced with the equivalent of .html. The article file has a file name of the following format.
 <yr-day # .rec_story # .html> (eg 94-307.rec_72.html)
[0035]
An example of an article or story file looks like this:
Figure 0003987133
Figure 0003987133
[0036]
Details of the process of creating profile.list (and corresponding .html file), topic file, summary file, article file and summary file in the implemented embodiment will be discussed with reference to FIGS. . The process is implemented as an interactive PERL script and is idle until a predetermined time frame (eg, 15 minutes) has elapsed (step 702). When this time frame has elapsed, it is determined whether the server has received a new mail message containing SGML formatted text (step 704). If so, it can proceed to processing the mail message.
[0037]
  In step 706, the mail message is copied to the local working directory for other processing. The file isformatIt has the name of
  <yr-day # .sgml> (for example, 94-307.sgml)
[0038]
  The file then removes the article, gets the profile / key, and creates a topic directory as needed, at step 710syntaxAnalyzed. SGML fileParsingAnd some of the .html filesGenerationFollowing this, the directory is post-processed at step 712 to create a home page and extended index, and provide links between article files, summary files, summary files, topic files, index files, and extended index files. Finally, in step 714, the FreeWAIS index for searching for keywords is updated to enable searching for users of profiles and topics.
[0039]
FIG. 9 shows details of step 710 shown in FIG. In step 730, it is determined whether there are other article files included in the SGML file. If it does not exist (eg, an end-of-file condition is detected), the process is complete. However, if it exists, the next article file containing the profile / key information is read at step 732 (eg, the next instance of <rec>). The story is delimited by <rec> </ rec>. In this case, the profile / key information included in the article can be processed.
[0040]
As shown in the above SGML file example, the profiles are delimited by the expression <profile> </ profile>. Topics are delimited by the expression <key> </ key> and placed after the profile name. As described above, the profile and the key (topic) are located after each article and are separated by the expression <catalog_item> </ catalog_item>. If there are no other profiles / topics in the article, as detected at step 734, process 710 proceeds to step 736. If another profile exists, it is detected in step 736 whether a profile file for that profile exists. If not, a profile file is created at step 738. Then, in step 740, it is detected whether a topic subdirectory for the topic exists. If not, it is created at step 742 and an entry is added to the profile file listing the topics of the profile file. When items are added to the profile file and, if necessary, topic subdirectories are created, the article file is written to step 744, replacing all SGML instances with .html instances. The summary file is written in the same way. As shown in the above example, the summary file is delimited by <brief> </ brief>. In step 748, it is detected whether other topics are defined for this profile. If so, process 710 proceeds to step 740. If not, the process proceeds to step 734 to find the next profile of the article. As you can see from the flow chart, you can make some copies of the article and the corresponding description, but as an optimization you can store only a link to a single copy of the description and the corresponding article in the directory. Good. Other variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
[0041]
  10 and 11 show details of the post-processing step 712. FIG. Step 712 is performed when processing of the article file from the email message is complete. Upon entering step 712, the topic associated with the complete profile is known.ThereforeAn Index.html file and an expanded_index.html file can be created at step 750. An anchor for the summary file and the corresponding article occurs in the process at step 752. In step 754, it is detected whether there are other topic subdirectories. If so, the next topic subdirectory is searched in step 756. A key.html file (for referencing articles) is created at step 758. The process continues to FIG. In step 762 of FIG. 11, it is detected whether another summary file is included in the subdirectory. If not, the process returns to step 754 of FIG. If so, the next summary file is retrieved in step 764. The corresponding article file is then retrieved in step 766. An anchor for the article can be added to the summary file at step 768. The summary file containing the anchor is then inserted into the key.html file at step 770. As a result, it is possible to browse the hypertext of the article from the summary of the key.html file by the browser. Once this process is complete, full hypertext browsing between the index file, extended index file, topic file, summary file or article file can be achieved.
[0042]
  Figure12Shows the display / search process using the .html file created above and additional files created on demand after execution of the search. A session is normally initiated when the HTTP server detects a request for a client connection (step 802). The requested page, usually the home page, can then be displayed in the client browser at step 804. Profile list (home page), profile, an extended profile file list containing topics arranged by any selected profile, topic page using the .html page created above, abstract Other requested pages can be displayed using regular HTTP exchanges that include pages or story pages. Further, in step 806, the server detects whether a search is requested.Is requiredIf so, a FreeWAIS (reverse index) search is performed on the profile selected in step 808 (if any). In step 810, the search result isInclude . html A page is generated. The search results includeStories, abstracts and titles organized by relevanceIt is included.RelevancesomeContains factors. For example,It is not limited to thisIs the primacy or the number of occurrences (Occurrence)In this order. Other, more complex relevance measures may be used. The story headline is displayed as an anchor that references the story itself. When the search is complete, the requested page, in this case, the result of the search is displayed again at step 804.
[0043]
FIG. 13 shows a scrollable display displayed as an .html file of the main home page. A search field 910 that can be entered by the user at any time using an entry form under HTTP is displayed for the FreeWAIS search at any point in the selected profile. Each of the profile names (eg, 920, 921, etc.) can be selected as the same anchor as the profile for searching or referring to the extended home page (FIG. 14).
[0044]
The display of the extended home page is shown in FIG. This includes profile headings (eg, 1020, 1030) and corresponding topic anchors (1021, 1022, 1023 and 1031) for accessing the topic main page. Again, the extended home page can be searched by entering text into field 1010.
[0045]
FIGS. 15-17 show displays showing topic summary pages that can be accessed by selecting any of the topic anchors shown in FIG. This includes a topic heading 1100 and an anchor 1101 for the previous topic (if any) for the profile. This includes the next topic anchor 1102 and the return to the profile page for returning to the home page shown in FIG. Anchors 1111, 1112,... To the story headlines exist to access the story itself. The display also includes a summary (eg, 1121) for each story. Only the headlines of the previous day (1130, 1311,...) Are shown, and access to these stories is made possible as shown in FIG. Anchor 1140 in FIG. 11c allows access to the .html page for the previous week's story (if any) for a given topic.
[0046]
18 and 19 show the result of the above-described FreeWAIS search. A search term is shown in field 1200, and a story heading (eg, 1202) that acts as an anchor to the story page itself is shown sorted by relevance. The relevance score including the date is shown as 1201 for each article. The text from the .html file is shown as 1203.
[0047]
Finally, the story text is displayed on a page like that shown in FIG. 1300 includes the title of the story, 1301 includes identification information regarding the story, and 1302 indicates the story text itself.
[0048]
Thus, a method and apparatus for retrieving information has been described. The foregoing has particular utility and has been described with reference to certain specific embodiments in the drawings and specification, and without carrying out all of these specific details. It should be noted that the invention can be implemented. Accordingly, the drawings and specification are to be regarded as illustrative only and are not restrictive of the invention. The present invention is limited only by the appended claims.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 illustrates a client / server system capable of implementing embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the client / server system of FIG.
FIG. 3 shows the structure of a workstation on which a client or server can operate.
FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a process that can operate in the server.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a file processed in the realized embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing details of a file created by the server.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing details of a file created by the server.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a sequence of steps performed in a server for generating a profile or creating a personal news paper.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a sequence of steps performed in a server for generating a profile or creating personal news paper.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an order of steps performed in a server for generating a profile or creating personal news paper.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a sequence of steps performed in a server for generating a profile or creating personal news paper.
FIG. 12 is a diagram of a process performed during a user session that includes performing a search.
FIG. 13 shows various display screens for user control and shows the results of the processes shown in FIGS. 8-12.
14 is a diagram showing various display screens for user control and showing the results of the processes shown in FIGS. 8-12. FIG.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing various display screens for user control and showing the results of the processes shown in FIGS.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing various display screens for user control and showing the results of the processes shown in FIGS.
FIG. 17 shows various display screens for user control and shows the results of the processes shown in FIGS. 8-12.
FIG. 18 shows various display screens for user control and shows the results of the processes shown in FIGS.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing various display screens for user control and showing the results of the processes shown in FIGS.
20 shows various display screens for user control and shows the results of the processes shown in FIGS. 8-12. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
100 Client application program
110 User request
150 servers
160 Server response
200 browser
220 Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
250 communication media
230 “Form Fill” Function
300 system
301 bus
302 Processing means
304 Main memory
306 read-only memory
307 data storage device
310 frame buffer
321 Display device
322 Alphanumeric input device
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ａ．情報の内容を識別するための第１のマークアップ言語で書かれた情報の第１のファイル（以下、「情報の第１のファイル」を単に「第１のファイル」という。）を受け取るステップと、
ｂ．この第１のファイルの受け取りに応じて、この第１のファイルを構文解析して、プロファイルのリストと、このプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを生成するステップと、
ｃ．第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた第２のファイルを生成するステップであって、第２のファイルは、前記のプロファイルのリストと、このプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた少なくとも１つの第３のファイルとを含み、さらに、第２のファイルは、少なくとも１つの対応する第３のファイルを参照するアンカを含み、前記第１のファイルの第１のマークアップ・インスタンスは前記第２のファイルまたは第３のファイルのいずれかにおける第２のマークアップ・インスタンスに変換される、第２のファイルを生成するステップと、
ｄ．前記第１のファイルを構文解析して、前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事とこの記事の少なくとも１つについての対応する摘要とを決定するステップと、
ｅ．前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての少なくとも１つの対応するトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事について第４のファイルと第５のファイルを生成するステップであって、第４のファイルは前記第１のファイルの少なくとも１つの記事の摘要と第５のファイルに対するアンカとを含み、第５のファイルは前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての少なくとも１つの対応トピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事に対するテキストを含む、第４のファイルと第５のファイルを生成するステップとからなる情報を検索するためのコンピュータで実施される方法。a. Receiving a first file of information written in a first markup language for identifying the content of the information (hereinafter, the “first file of information” is simply referred to as “first file”); ,
b. In response to receiving the first file, parsing the first file to generate a list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles;
c. Generating a second file written in a second markup language, the second file comprising a list of said profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the lists of profiles see contains at least one third file written in a second markup language, further, the second file includes an anchor that refers to at least one corresponding third file, the first Generating a second file in which a first markup instance of a file is converted to a second markup instance in either the second file or a third file;
d. The first file is parsed and for at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles, if there is an article, at least one article and a corresponding description for at least one of the articles; A step of determining
e. Generating a fourth file and a fifth file for at least one article, if any, for at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles, wherein the fourth file is Includes a summary of at least one article in the first file and an anchor for a fifth file, the fifth file for at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles, at least one if there are articles. A computer-implemented method for retrieving information comprising the steps of generating a fourth file and a fifth file , including text for one article. 複数の前記第５のファイルを参照する複数のアンカを含む第６のファイル、ここで、第６のファイルのアンカは前記プロファイルおよび対応するトピックごとに配列される、を生成するステップをさらに含む請求項１に記載の方法。  Further comprising: generating a sixth file including a plurality of anchors referencing a plurality of said fifth files, wherein the anchors of the sixth file are arranged by said profile and corresponding topic. Item 2. The method according to Item 1. 前記プロファイルのリストの各々についてのディレクトリと前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについての少なくとも１つのサブディレクトリを作成するステップと、
前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事についての前記第３および第５のファイルを前記サブディレクトリに記憶するステップとをさらに含む請求項１に記載の方法。Creating a directory for each of the list of profiles and at least one subdirectory for at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles;
Storing the third and fifth files for at least one article, if any, for the corresponding at least one topic for each of the list of profiles in the subdirectory. The method according to 1. ａ．情報の内容を識別するための第１のマークアップ言語で書かれた情報の第１のファイル（以下、「情報の第１のファイル」を単に「第１のファイル」という。）を構文解析して、プロファイルのリストとそのプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを生成するステップと、
ｂ．前記プロファイルのリストと前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを有する、第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた第２のファイルを生成するステップと、
ｃ．前記第１のファイルを構文解析して、前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事を決定するステップと、
ｄ．前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事について第３のファイル、ここで、第３のファイルは前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事に対するテキストを含む、を生成するステップと、
ｅ．前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについて、もし記事があれば、少なくとも１つの記事に対する前記第３のファイルを参照するアンカを前記第２のファイルに挿入するステップとからなる情報を検索するためのコンピュータで実施される方法。a. A first file of information written in a first markup language for identifying the content of information (hereinafter, “first file of information” is simply referred to as “first file”) is parsed. Generating a list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles;
b. Generating a second file written in a second markup language having the list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles;
c. Parsing the first file to determine at least one article, if any, for at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles;
d. For at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles, if there is an article, a third file for at least one article, where the third file corresponds to each of the list of profiles Generating, for at least one topic, if there is an article, including text for at least one article;
e. For at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles, if there is an article, information comprising the step of inserting into the second file an anchor referring to the third file for the at least one article A computer-implemented method for searching. 情報の第１のファイルを電子メール（ｅメール）メッセージで受けるステップをさらに含む請求項４に記載の方法。  5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a first file of information in an electronic mail (email) message. ａ．情報の内容を識別するための第１のマークアップ言語で書かれた情報の第１のファイル（以下、「情報の第１のファイル」を単に「第１のファイル」という。）を構文解析して、プロファイルのリストと、このプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを生成するステップと、
ｂ．前記のプロファイルのリストと、このプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを含む、第２のマークアップ言語で書かれた第２のファイルを生成するステップと、
ｃ．プロファイルのリストとそのプロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとを含んでいる、第２のマークアップ言語によって生成された表示をハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルを使用してユーザに対して表示するステップと、
ｄ．前記ハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルによって、前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックをユーザが選択できるようにするステップと、
ｅ．前記ハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルによって、前記ユーザが少なくとも１つの探索項を入力できるようにするステップと、
ｆ．前記探索項を使用して、情報の第１のデータベース（以下、「情報の第１のデータベース」を単に「第１のデータベース」という。）の探索を実行するステップであって、
第１のデータベースは前記プロファイルのリストと前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックとによって編成され、
前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックに対応している前記第１のデータベース内の位置で前記探索を実行するステップとからなる情報を検索するためのコンピュータで実施される方法。a. A first file of information written in a first markup language for identifying the content of information (hereinafter, “first file of information” is simply referred to as “first file”) is parsed. Generating a list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the lists of profiles;
b. Generating a second file written in a second markup language that includes a list of the profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the lists of profiles;
c. Display to a user using a hypertext conversion protocol a display generated by a second markup language that includes a list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the lists of profiles Steps,
d. By the hypertext protocol conversion, the steps of the at no less that corresponds for each previous list SL profile one topic user to select,
e. Allowing the user to input at least one search term by the hypertext conversion protocol;
f. Using the search term to perform a search of a first database of information (hereinafter “first database of information” is simply referred to as “first database”),
A first database is organized by the list of profiles and at least one corresponding topic for each of the list of profiles ;
Before Kipu b for each of the list of files one even without least the corresponding first that support the topic in position for retrieving information comprising the step of executing the search of the database A computer-implemented method. 前記ハイパーテキスト変換プロトコルによって、前記第１のデータベースにおける前記探索項を使用した探索の結果を表示するステップであって、
探索の結果はその探索の結果を表す第３のファイルから生成される表示を含み、
この第３のファイルは少なくとも１つのアンカを含み、
このアンカは、テキストを含んでいる第４のファイルを参照するもので、
このテキストは前記プロファイルのリストの各々についての対応する少なくとも１つのトピックについての各記事に対する前記探索項を含む、
前記探索の結果を表示するステップをさらに含む請求項６に記載の方法。 Displaying the result of a search using the search term in the first database by the hypertext conversion protocol,
The search results include a display generated from a third file representing the search results;
This third file contains at least one anchor,
This anchor refers to a fourth file containing text,
The text contains the search terms for each article about a single topic even without least the corresponding for each of the previous list Kipu profile,
The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying the search results .
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